Sam Hardwick's web journal

For future reference: screaming protesters calling the previous prime minister of the UK ‘Tony Bliar’ are unfunny because they take their rather weak joke so seriously. Private Eye calling Piers Morgan ‘Piers “Morgan” Moron’ is hilarious because it’s an even weaker joke but suggests that Private Eye has to descend to Morgan’s level just to name him. Geddit? All puns (and most gags) are dreadful, and funniness has nothing to do with reality and sincerity. “Tony Bliar” just means “Tony Blair is a liar, plus here’s a play on words.” Nothing surprising or new, just po-faced ranting. It would be funnier to call him Tony Cockmaster.

This is also why Krisse Salminen is not funny: she just serves up a rather pointless aspect of reality, namely that some people are really thick. Or so I gather.